| Action Summary | The Board intends to amend regulations for certified substance abuse counselors (CSAC) and counseling assistants to clarify portions that have confused applicants, add more specific requirements for supervised practice to better ensure accountability and quality in the experience, add time limits for completion of experience to avoid perpetual supervisees who may continue to practice without passage of an examination and completion of certification, add requirements for continuing education as a requisite for renewal to ensure on-going competency to practice, and place additional standards of practice in regulation to address issues the Board has seen in complaints and disciplinary proceedings and for consistency with other professions in behavioral health. |
| Chapters Affected | Only affects this chapter. |
| Executive Branch Review | This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process. |
| RIS Project | Yes [004945] |
| New Periodic Review | This action will be used to conduct a new periodic review. |
| Name / Title: | Jaime Hoyle / Executive Director |
| Address: |
9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Henrico, VA 23233 |
| Email Address: | jaime.hoyle@dhp.virginia.gov |
| Phone: | (804)367-4406 FAX: (804)527-4435 TDD: ()- |